The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President of India Hamid Ansari, Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, along with other dignitaries.

The President also conferred Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, to yoga guru Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati, Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, and Tehemton Erach Udwadia, a doctor who is considered the father of laparoscopic surgery in India.

Swami Niranjana Nanda did not attend the ceremony.

Cricketer Virat Kohli, Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal, and many others were conferred the Padma Sri at the ceremony.